If you see in a province the oppression of the poor and the violation of justice and righteousness, do not be amazed at the matter, for the high official is watched by a higher, and there are yet higher ones over them.
Colossians 4:1 - English Standard Version 2016 Masters, treat your bondservants justly and fairly, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven. 更多版本King James Version (Oxford) 1769 Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition MASTERS, [on your part] deal with your slaves justly and fairly, knowing that also you have a Master in heaven. [Lev. 25:43, 53.] American Standard Version (1901) Masters, render unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven. Common English Bible Masters, be just and fair to your slaves, knowing that you yourselves have a master in heaven. Catholic Public Domain Version You masters, supply your servants with what is just and equitable, knowing that you, too, have a Master in heaven. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Masters, do to your servants that which is just and equal: knowing that you also have a master in heaven. |
If you see in a province the oppression of the poor and the violation of justice and righteousness, do not be amazed at the matter, for the high official is watched by a higher, and there are yet higher ones over them.
‘Why have we fasted, and you see it not? Why have we humbled ourselves, and you take no knowledge of it?’ Behold, in the day of your fast you seek your own pleasure, and oppress all your workers.
“You shall not oppress your neighbor or rob him. The wages of a hired worker shall not remain with you all night until the morning.
“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hired worker in his wages, the widow and the fatherless, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.
and to them he said, ‘You go into the vineyard too, and whatever is right I will give you.’
When he returned, having received the kingdom, he ordered these servants to whom he had given the money to be called to him, that he might know what they had gained by doing business.
For judgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, are crying out against you, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.
They will make war on the Lamb, and the Lamb will conquer them, for he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those with him are called and chosen and faithful.”
On his robe and on his thigh he has a name written, King of kings and Lord of lords.